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Hebrew and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Israel  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Israel  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Israel  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Poland  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Academy of the Hebrew Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Arabic and Aramaic languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Aramaic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
22  
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
0  

How Many Consonants
9  
1
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Hebrew  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
שלום (Shalom)  

Thank You
Danke  
תודה (Toda)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  

Please
bitte  
בבקשה (bevekshah)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
סליחה! (Slicha)  

Bye
Tschüs  
להתראות (Lehitraot)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
בבקשה!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Ashkenazi Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Samaritan Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Israel, Palestine  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Yemenite Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
9.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
4.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
5.60 million  
27

Native Name
Deutsch  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Israeli, Ivrit  

French Name
allemand  
hébreu  

German Name
Deutsch  
Hebräisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1000 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Western  
Canaanitic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Modern Hebrew  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Hebrew  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
he  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
heb  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
heb  

ISO 639 3
deu  
heb  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
hebr1246  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
12-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All German and Hebrew Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Hebrew dialects. Various dialects of German and Hebrew language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Hebrew Dialects are spoken in different Hebrew speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Hebrew Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew , Samaritan Hebrew. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Hebrew Speaking population

German and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of German and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Hebrew on German vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Hebrew Language Codes

German and Hebrew language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Hebrew Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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